No it wasn't a joke. A `:(` doesnt mean its a joke. Gel always puts out veiled things saying how he thinks the US is completely fubar.
I'm sure gel is assuming the military is there to try to show Venezuela we mean business with our support of columbia. Which i could even see and understand that. But it certainly wasn't a joke. I could be wrong though. On 3/8/08, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > it's JOKE Tim :) lighten up :) > > > On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Come the fuck on. > > It's a damn medpac. We do them all over the world all the time. > > > > You really make me fucking sick sometimes. I hope you never have need > > of the military. > > > > Dana wrote: > > > see what happens? If you aren't nice to the US we'll bring you > > > democracy and goodwill :) > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 5:16 AM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> the US claims it has nothing to do with the Venezuela-Colombia > dispute. > > >> :( > > >> They've started the PR-speak. > > >> They could be stationed at Aruba...or Curacao or something. Those > > >> places are close to the Venezuelan coastline as well. :-\ > > >> > > >> "A GROUP of United States soldiers are in Trinidad conducting > > >> exercises, but their presence has nothing to do with recent > > >> developments in South America involving Venezuela and Colombia. > > >> > > >> The soldiers are part of the project called 'Beyond the Horizon', an > > >> initiative of the US Army South Command and forms part of peace > > >> keeping efforts in the region and which was planned months ago the US > > >> Embassy said. > > >> > > >> Yesterday, Michelle Jones of the US Embassy's Public Affairs Unit > said > > >> the troops were here to conduct medical outreach programmes and to > aid > > >> in construction projects. > > >> > > >> She said the activities were planned months ago. > > >> > > >> Last year an army medical ship was here as part of the overall > programme. > > >> > > >> The soldiers, stationed at Defence Force headquarters, Chaguaramas > > >> will be here over the next few weeks and will then go to Suriname. > > >> > > >> A US army website said Beyond The Horizon is a "large-scale operation > > >> designed to foster goodwill and improve relations between the United > > >> States and partner nations throughout Latin America and the > > >> Caribbean." > > >> > > >> The operation includes humanitarian and civic assistance projects as > > >> well as medical and veterinary assistance that "helps improve the > > >> quality of life for people living in under resourced rural areas. It > > >> will also provide readiness-training opportunities for US military > > >> units and their partner-nation counterparts." > > >> > > >> Cpt Samantha A Garcia, 28, who is here as part of the contingent was > > >> quoted on the website as saying she was looking forward to "working > > >> with the people of Trinidad and Suriname during this operation. This > > >> is a mission of goodwill and cooperation, and to see the tangible > > >> results of helping others and improving relations will be extremely > > >> rewarding for me." > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:256030 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
